The Sindh government has decided to reduce the minimum marks that students need to obtain to secure admissions in government colleges across the province.

"Cut-off marks for admission in various colleges have been reduced by 20 to 50 marks," Director General Colleges Sindh Dr Navaid Rab Siddiqui said while speaking to Geo News.

Noting that admission seats have been increased in some colleges, the official revealed that complaint centres have been set up in six different colleges owing to the high number of grievances.

Providing further details Dr Siddiqui said that complaint centres have been established in DJ Science College, Government College for Men Nazimabad, Government Degree Boys College Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Government Girls College Sharea Liaquat, Sir Syed College and Khursheed Government Girls College.

Elaborating on the admission applications, the director of colleges said that as many as 169,890 students had applied for admissions in Pre-Engineering, Pre-Medical, Commerce, Computer Science and Home Economics via the portal — of which 167,309 were awarded admissions.

Furthermore, the official revealed that more than 98,000 students were given admissions in colleges out of the 100,147 applicants.